From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Larson Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:28:19 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] a very tiny /sbin/hotplug Message-Id: <20041119002819.GE19750@rikers.org> List-Id: References: <20041118231406.GA11239@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20041118231406.GA11239@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org * Greg KH (greg@kroah.com) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 05:53:01PM -0600, Chris Larson wrote: > > * Eugene Surovegin (ebs@ebshome.net) wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:14:06PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > So, a number of people have complained over the past few years about the > > > > fact that /sbin/hotplug was a shell script. Funny enough, it's the > > > > people on the huge boxes, with huge number of devices that are > > > > complaining, not the embedded people with limited resources (ironic, > > > > isn't it...) > > > > > > This is probably because embedded people don't use hotplug at all :). > > > On dozen different PPC and MIPS boxes I worked on, we never needed > > > this feature. > > > > I tend to focus on ARM, and find this very useful. I know of a number > > of folks using erik andersen's "diethotplug" (which hasnt been touched > > in some time). I look forward to your further hotplug improvements. > > Yes, diethotplug is based on my old package called, supprise, > diethotplug, and is located at > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ > > But that only does module loading. The "full" replacement of today's > /sbin/hotplug functionality needs this hotplug multiplexer, and a > diethotplug replacement (which can get much smaller than the current > diethotplug due to the way modprobe works in 2.6.) Ah, right. Sorry for the misattribution. I'd just like to take this opportunity to say thanks. The udev and hotplug work you guys are doing makes the lives of myself and others much easier. -- Chris Larson - kergoth at handhelds dot org Linux Software Systems Engineer - clarson at ti dot com OpenZaurus Project Maintainer - http://openzaurus.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel